General News
27 September, 2023
Probus Notes
GUEST speakers at Terang Probus this month were Paul and Angela Riggs from Rosebank.
GUEST speakers at Terang Probus this month were Paul and Angela Riggs from Rosebank.
Angela spoke of how grateful they were of the welcome they had felt since they had come to Terang and the work they were doing to Rosebank which she described as a “lovely old lady in need of taming”.
Angela told us about her life and what an interesting life that been.
Her early days were at Mepunga West and at Summer Hill on the Cobden Road, where her parents were dairy farmers and where the focus was on family, music and horses.
Angela attended school at Alans Forest, Warrnambool High and Hamilton and Alexander College.
On leaving school she defied her father’s wishes and chose to attend University in Canberra where she studied for a science degree.
On her first day at university, she met the love of her life, her husband Paul. Paul was from an academic family in Armadale, NSW.
They married at St John’s Presbyterian church in Warrnambool in 1975.
Both Angela and Paul over the ensuing years had employment which often entailed much overseas travel and often kept them apart.
Angela worked in a leadership role in property for Melbourne University before being offered a job with the Buchan Group, where she soon became one of the owner/directors.
They were responsible for many large-scale projects including Chadstone and the Multiplex shopping Centre in London.
The pinnacle of Angela’s career was working on the London Olympics, a task taking six years and 11,000 people.
Angela and Paul owned houses in London and the South of France before returning to Australia early in the COVID-19 pandemic.
They bought Rosebank in February 2020 and have done extensive renovations.
Despite rumours to the contrary Rosebank will not be a wedding venue nor a bed and breakfast, it will be their home.
They will also retain their home in Melbourne. We look forward to an invite to visit their gardens when they are ready.
Judy Blackburn thanked Angela and Paul and presented them with a token of appreciation.
Angela and Paul generously also provided those members present with a memento of their visit – glasses with the Rosebank name.
October is Probus month and members are celebrating with a lunch at The Wheatsheaf after the meeting.